This series covers key leaders in history and explores their lives and achievements. Each book examines the person's early years, studies and interests, professional life, low points and their legacy. An underlying theme throughout the series is whether an individual can change the course of history. Each book contains: - feature panels detailing the lives of colleagues, rivals and others, sources, quotes and eyewitness accounts - further reading and websites - a timeline and maps - glossary and index

 

This book is part of a book series called Leading Lives .

This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

There are 64 pages in this book. This book was published 2002 by Capstone Global Library Ltd .

David Downing has been writing books for adults and children about political, military and cultural history for over thirty years. He lives in Guildford, England, with a wife and two cats.